Improvement in horse-collars



waited States @sind dtj'jirr.

JOSEPH ENGLAENDER, OIE SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORTO HIMSEIIF AND EUGENELUNGSTRAS, OE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 104,000, dated J-lme 7, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN H ORSE-COLLARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whonm't mag/j concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH ENGLAENDER, of Sedalia,'in the count-yofPettis and State of Missouri, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full and true description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to the manner of attaching the traces and otherstraps or band of harness to the collar directly without the use ofhaines, and to the arrangement of the collar itself, so as to beproperly adjustable and wear easily upon the neck of the draft animal.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said invention, I willnow more fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying-- Figurel as a front elevation; to

Figure 2 as a top plan; and to Figure 3 as a part perspective elevation,showing the lower securing or lock-plate and its connections with thecollar ends; to

Figure 4 as asectiou at line n: 1, showing the stud'- ing or packing ofthe collar.

In said gures-Q A represents the body of the collar, composed of awooden o r similar stuiing, A', extending to the line x y and forming asolid padding, which is enveloped in the leather lining A2; The liningextends beyond the top of `the Wood stuiing to form a neck-yoke to restupon the neck of the animal. The lining parts are joined by straps. andbuckles a".

A suitable padding is placed within the lining A2 above the woodstuiingA1; and, furthermore, to form an easy rest on the neck, a padding-piece,B, is placed under the joined-end A'of the main collar. VThispadding-piece is suitablyy secured by straps, as indicated in the gures.

Firmly secured to the front of the collar halves A by screws or similarmeans, I arrange the hameplates C usually of iron.

At their upper ends are suitable buckles, o, Vby which a strap, c', isarranged to connect the two plates C, andthus again join both halvesofthe collar.

.Lo the haine-plates, and through them into the body ofthe collar A, Isecure, inproper manner, the rings I or loops D, through which the reinsof the harness' may pass and similarly the snap-hooks E are fastened forthe traces either directly or by suitable laps or staples; and all theother necessary or usual rings or hooks, or other attachments, mayreadily be made through the hame-plates with the collar A, by drivingthe liooks or ring prongs into the Wood packing of the collar, and usingthe hame-plate as an exterior strengthening. strip.

'Ihe connection-between the collar` halves at the bottom is inthe mannerfollowing:

Each partA has a 4proper staple, F, secured to it, and also a plate, G,the latter ending just below the 'end of the" llame-plates C. "One ofthe plates G supports a staple-hinge, g, which secures the jointplate Hto the corresponding part of the collar. v A pin, h, at the front end ofthe joint-plate, when the parts are in connection, drops into one of theholes g of the plate G on the opposite collar half.

The plate H has the mort-ises lt', so 'that when the parts are joinedthe staples F project partly above the plateG, passing through themortisesthereof. An

adjustment is made by using such of the mortises of plate H as arerequired. p i

At the lower ends of -the hanne-plates C are the buckles t', connectingwith a strap, I. This strap will complete the joint between-allpa1ts,by-passing above the joint-plate H through the staples F, asindicated in fig. l. The upper surface of the haine-plates is suitablyanged to receive the strap I and lit neatlyr .about the'lower end of thecollar.

The parts thus joined are securely held against :the greatest strainsthat are usual upon harnessing, and the collarthus'formed is durable andeconomical.

Having thus fully described my invention,v

What I claim, is-

The parts A of the collar joined by plate H, combinedwith staples F,plates G, and straps I, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set i my hand in thepresence of- JOSEPH ENGLAENDER. Witnesses:

FRIEDOLIN BAUER, EWALD LUNcsraAs.

